Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents arc there to give them needed love and support (支持).Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them — not their growing maturity (成熟),misbehavior, nor anger at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing them to make some decisions.

There are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens’ increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.

Teens would like to spend more time doing things with their parents, but watching TV is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.

Talk with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full attention and do not stop them.

The way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing your emotions and concerns with your teens is important. Avoid causing needless worry.

Trust your teens. Don't expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you don’t like their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn’t do it on purpose.

It is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same respect adults show for total strangers. Don’t talk down to your teens.

You need to be supportive o f your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be troubling to your teens. Teens don't have the experiences that adults have had. Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now seems unimportant.

The most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a well-organized life.

1.According to Paragraph 1, teens ___________.

A.can control themselves.

B.expect direction and freedom.

C.don’t know how to make decision

D.don’t have responsibility for the family

2.The underline part “counted as” in Paragraph 3 probably means “__________”.

A.compared with B.used as

C.connected with D.regarded as

3.To help teens organize their lives , parents should __________.

A.invite their teens’ friends home.

B.leave their teens’ problems alone.

C.share their feelings with their teens.

D.pay little attention to their teens’ daily lives.

4.What is the best title of the passage ?

A.Training Teens to Become Responsible Adults.

B.Helping Teens to Build Reasonable Structure.

C.Improving the Relationship with Your Teens.

D.Stepping into Your Teens’ Secret Word.

Today, roller skating is easy and fun, young people all over the world like skating. But, before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist (存在). That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instruments, he was a quick-minded person, and he always came up with many original ideas.

One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a music party which invited some other important people. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance (隆重登场) at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates in the world. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin. He could imagine that everyone would cheer for him.

On the night of the party, Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on, suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. Everyone laughed hard and they never forgot Merlin’s entrance!

1.The idea of roller skating didn’t exist __________.

A.until the middle of the 18th century B.after the middle of the 18th century

C.until the middle of the 17th century D.after the middle of the 17th century

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Merlin had no chance to enter the party hall on that night.

B.Merlin was better at skating than playing the violin.

C.Merlin had fun skating at the music party.

D.The first pair of roller states in the world had four wheels.

3.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Merlin was a creative person who is good at playing the violin.

B.Merlin took pride in his invention but it was not perfect.

C.Merlin didn’t get all the people’s attention successfully in the end.

D.Merlin planed to appear at the music party differently and greatly.

4.What do you think of Merlin’s entrance?

A.Terrible and wonderful B.Surprising and unforgettable

C.Funny and successful D.Interesting and valuable

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A.A story of poor Merlin B.Merlin and the first roller skates

C.A sudden event D.Merlin’s roller states and the violin

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